Disturbing pic of cat on forums website

[aTailOf2Kitties]

It's not sterile because it doesn't need to be yet. The shaved area is cleaned with antiseptic after the hair is removed. The cat does not seem distressed so I would agree that it is anesthetized and being prepped for surgery, albeit without the breathing tube yet (not sure why). You can see the light is brighter on the cat's abdomen as if from a surgical light. I don't know why a kid would be in there, but I don't see anything particularly wrong with the pic. Obviously someone (probably older) was taking the picture so it wasn't like he just wandered in there all alone.

I worked at a small town vet clinic and the surgery suite was just a small white room with a table and looks much like the background in that pic. Occasionally vet techs would bring their kids to work. If they were bored and restless, we'd let them sweep the surgery suite or do other small tasks. Vaccuuming a cat would not be a huge issue as long as there was an adult supervision.

[smokey the elder]

Surgery preps can be alarming to look at, whether for animals or us humans.

[Laura's Babies]

The shaved area is cleaned with antiseptic after the hair is removed

Yep, can't sanitize the area when it is full of fur. As for the boy vacuuming the cat and his age, I am sure he was well supervised and who knows, he could be in the next generation of vets.

As inexperienced as I am at stuff like that, shaving, cleaning and sanitizing to prep for surgery was MY job when I helped SBR on spay day. He taught us all how to wrap and sanitize the tools and how to give shots and prep. I never did the shots but I did the rest including assisting him in surgery. While we were pressed for space, we did prep in a different area while he was sewing up the one he was finishing up.

[RICHARD]

Surgery preps can be alarming to look at, whether for animals or us humans.

LOL, after years of working in human ORs I saw plenty of Wardrobe Malfunctions. They are alarming-especially when you see a rather large area of skin that has been 'denuded'.

My only concern about the DustBuester is the exhaust and what stuff gets blown up into the air-The HVAC systems in ORs have heavy duty air scrubbers to take out any gunk in the air!

I didn't see the pic and won't......